New E-Sports Venue Planned For Toronto Likely To Need A Whole Bunch Of Digital Display February 22, 2021 by Dave Haynes Attention LCD/LED display biz dev people …. A planned sports and entertainment venue in Toronto – geared to and backed by an e-sports company – looks to be a prime home to a lot of display technology when the lights go on and the doors open in about four years. A company called OverActive Media …
Denver’s Expanded Airport Adds Big Digital Info Screens At New Gates February 19, 2021 by Dave Haynes The frequent flyer blog The Points Guy has a post up about the expansion of the terminal at Denver’s sprawling airport, and what caught my eye was the way the airport, and perhaps United Airlines in collaboration, are doing the gate information signage. Digital screens doing “GIDS” screens is not new, but in the last …
LCD Panel Prices Up 27% In Last Quarter 2020; Expected To Go Up Another 12% In Q1 2021 February 16, 2021 by Dave Haynes It may seem odd in the face of stalled economies and stalled AV projects, but the costs of LCD display products are on the rise, according to a report from Digital Supply Chain Consulting, or DSCC. Demand for LCD products remains strong , says DSCC, at the same time as shortages are deepening for glass …
Giant, Animated LED Foil Letter Tops Deutsche Telekom HQ February 15, 2021 by Dave Haynes I caught up recently with Florian Kall of the German start-up LightNTec, which uniquely does LED displays that use super-thin foil as its substrate or surface. The product is not really intended as competition to mainstream information displays, as it is an interesting way to approach experiential environments and ambient, motion lighting. Because it is …
RP Visual Comes Up With Universal Mount For In-Wall Displays February 10, 2021 by Dave Haynes The LA-area AV mounting gear company rp Visual Solutions has done a lot of trade in recent years coming up with custom architectural structures for visual displays, producing brackets and other metalwork that allows video walls to have the location, shape and scale envisioned by architects and their clients. They do big stuff, but the …
Sony Debuts Massive 100-inch 4K Smart Bravia Display, Plus Little Sister 32″ Version February 9, 2021 by Dave Haynes
DOOH EV Charging Network Volta Does Special Purpose Merger; Hopes To Raise $600M February 8, 2021 by Dave Haynes Volta Industries, which has a Digital OOH ad network built around electric vehicle charging stations, has announced plans for a merger with a special purpose acquisition company with hopes of generating $600 million for its network buildout. The overall value of the deal is estimated to be $1.4 billion. The deal comes just three weeks …
Shenzhen’s LP Display Marketing DV-LED Posters Hardened Against Damage, Abuse February 5, 2021 by Dave Haynes Email pitches come in day and night from lesser known Chinese DV-LED display manufacturers, showing me their versions of displays and infrastructure. I look at them, but it’s rare when there’s anything new to write about. And really, most of the people e-mailing seem to want me to batch-order product. Press is secondary. But there …
Austrian Shoe Outlet Gets Beyond The Rectangle With Interesting Video Wall February 4, 2021 by Dave Haynes This is a really nice outlet shoe store in Feldkirchen, Austria that has an interesting mosaic video wall at the checkout and service area, and works other displays into the store fixtures. Designed by umdasch Store Makers, the legero united “shoemakers outlet” puts four brands – legero, superfit, VIOS and Think! – under one new …
Cowboys Kit Out Home Stadium With More Than 1,000 New LG Displays February 4, 2021 by Dave Haynes The fit-out is pretty standard concession and concourse stuff, but it’s hard to ignore a digital signage project that involves more than 1,000 screens in one venue. The NFL’s Dallas Cowboys play their games at AT&T Stadium, which upgraded its fan areas with a few truckloads of LG commercial displays. The stadium, says the team’s …
